Ilex vomitoria (male) Bob McCartney and behaves just as vigorously

and behaves just as vigorously as the red species

a small caution worth noting

while the small greenish yellow spring flowers pass almost unnoticed

Hummingbirds and bees find them readily

Ilex vomitoria (male) Bob McCartney and behaves just as vigorouslyYaupon is the small leaved evergreen holly of the southeastern United States, native along the coastal plain from Virginia to Texas and a member of the holly family, Aquifoliaceae. Salt tolerant, drought tolerant, and willing in sun or shade, the species shears as cleanly as boxwood and has long been a Southern mainstay for hedges, screens, and topiary. This is the straight male form: no berries, since male hollies never fruit, but a dense, dependable